Gordonia lasianthus 'Variegatus'
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Michael Dirr Gordonia lasianthus 'Variegatus'
Michael Dirr
Gordonia lasianthus 'Variegatus'
Gordonia lasianthus 'Variegatus' (click for large image)
Variegatus Loblolly-bay
Common Names:
  • Variegatus Loblolly-bay
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full sun.
Moderate to wet conditions.
Dirr says: "perfectly drained soils are necessary under cultivation although the plant grows submerged, at least for a time, in the wild. Possibly the conditions in swamps result in such low pH that the causal organism does not grow."

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 7 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 15' to 30'.

Flowers:

  Color(s): White
Season(s): Fall
 

Foliage:

  Dirr says: "irregular creamy white margins that turn rose-pink with cold weather"  

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as an ornamental plant.
Can be used as a specimen plant.

Dirr says: "similar to Franklinia but needs well drained soils in cultivation. The lack of ease-of-cultivation probably dooms it to novelty or collector status."

Other:

   
Gordonia lasianthus 'Variegatus' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAmerican Canyon, CA
Angwin, CAAntioch, CAAtwater, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBellmore, NY
Bellport, NYBethpage, NYBlue Point, NY
Bohemia, NYBrentwood, NYBrightwaters, NY
Bronx, NYBrookhaven, NYBrooklyn, NY
Brownsville, TXCastro Valley, CACharlottesville, VA
Chowchilla, CAClovis, CACoarsegold, CA
College Point, NYCorona, NYCutler, CA
Danville, CADel Rey, CADinuba, CA
Dublin, CAEast Elmhurst, NYEl Cerrito, CA
Elmhurst, NYEssex, CAFairfield, CA
Fawnskin, CAFlorence, SCFlushing, NY
Fontana, CAForest Falls, CAForest Hills, NY
Fort Eustis, VAFremont, CAFresh Meadows, NY
Glen Burnie, MDGreenlawn, NYGwynn Oak, MD
Hayward, CAHolbrook, NYHoltsville, NY
Hunt Valley, MDHuntington Station, NYHuntington, NY
Islandia, NYJackson Heights, NYJacksonville, FL
Leasburg, NCLexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLivermore, CA
Ludlow, CALuling, LALutcher, LA
Marrero, LAMartinez, CAMaspeth, NY
Melville, NYMemphis, TNMeraux, LA
Merced, CAMercedes, TXMi Wuk village, CA
Middle Village, NYMidpines, CAMission, TX
Moccasin, CAModesto, CAMoraga, CA
Moreno Valley, CAMount Airy, LANapa, CA
New Sarpy, LANewark, CANewport News, VA
Norco, LANottingham, MDOakland Gardens, NY
Oakley, CAOakville, CAOlmito, TX
Orinda, CAParkville, MDPenitas, TX
Pharr, TXPhelan, CAPikesville, MD
Pinole, CA
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